Lines 1-474 in 6-line tail-rhyme stanzas rhyming aabccb;
remainder in short couplets. 4444 lines. 4620 lines in Kölbing's edition which
includes in its lineation 176 lines from a leaf lost after f.188.

Translated from an Anglo-Norman romance c.1300. Traditionally thought to have
been composed in the dialect of Southampton.

Four other manuscripts of the same redaction as Auchinleck:BL Egerton MS 2862 (olim Trentham-Sutherland). Late 14th century. Suffolk. Egerton
also has in common with Auchinleck: King Richard, Sir Degare, Floris and
Blancheflour and Amis and Amiloun.CUL MS Ff.2.38 (olim no. 690). Late 15th century. Ff.2.38 also has in common with
Auchinleck: A Penniworþ of Witt, The Seven Sages of Rome, Guy of Warwick
(different version) and Sir Degare.Caius Cambridge MS 175. 1400-1450. S. E. Midlands. The
Caius MS also has in common with Auchinleck: King Richard and Seynt Katerine.Naples, Royal Library MS XIII.B.29.c.1457.